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dc.contributor.authorRoache, Rebecca
dc.contributor.authorSavulescu, Julian
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-10T12:58:18Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2021-06-17T09:35:41Z
dc.identifierhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49606
dc.identifier.urihttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70864
dc.description.abstractDebate between bioliberals (who adopt a permissive view about human enhancement) and bioconservatives (who oppose it) often fails to be constructive, since bioliberals are often dismissive of the conservative values to which bioconservatives frequently appeal. As a result, bioconservative opposition to enhancement remains poorly understood by bioliberals. We attempt to increase this understanding first by identifying conservative values underlying bioconservative opposition to enhancement, and second by considering on what grounds bioconservatives might object to the biological enhancement of bioconservative values. By identifying grounds that appeal to values shared by both bioconservatives and bioliberals, we aim to provide a platform on which human enhancement can be constructively debated by bioliberals and bioconservatives. We close by focusing on Mill's arguments in favour of originality as possible support for bioconservative argument.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSB Biochemistry
dc.subject.otherbioliberals; bioconservatives; human enhancement
dc.titleChapter 10 Enhancing Conservatism
dc.typechapter
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydb4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1
oapen.relation.isPartOfBookd838646d-27cb-4a52-9db1-596c316ade7e
oapen.collectionWellcome
oapen.pages13
oapen.place.publicationOxford
dc.relationisFundedByWellcome Trust


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